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Grown Children, Motherhood
July 11, 2020
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I’m So Lucky To Call My Mom My Best Friend

Consider yourself lucky when you don’t have to look for a best friend, but it naturally happens—because she’s your mom. My mom has always been…

Grown Children, Motherhood
July 2, 2020
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Being a Mom of Adult Children is Pretty Great, Too

Standing in line at the grocery store with my two young daughters in a cart, I heard a couple behind me talking about how cute they were. I was about…

Grown Children
June 20, 2020
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Thanks For Everything, Dad

It’s often thought that mothers are the glue that holds their families together. That without them things would fall apart. Women tend to be in…

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 5, 2020
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Watching Your Little Girl Grow Into a Beautiful Woman is Pure Magic

Dear daughter, I had a dream last night, you were 10 again. I saw you as you were exactly then, and my heart rejoiced. I knew I was dreaming, but I…

Grown Children
May 19, 2020
7 Minute Read

Dear Aging Parents, Please Don’t Keep Things From Us

In a single day recently, I found out my dad had been admitted to the hospital and my mom had received a serious diagnosis. Friends, I am pleading…

Living
March 26, 2020
4 Minute Read

Dear Father-in-Law, Your Son Still Needs You

Dear Father-in-law, Your son needs you now more than ever. I will admit I don’t know much firsthand about the father/son dynamic. I have simply…

Grown Children, Motherhood
March 22, 2020
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I’m a Different Kind of Mama Now That My Nest is Empty

I have dreaded it for years—my nest becoming empty. From the first time I looked at each of my heavenly, newborn bundles, wrapped so perfectly in a…

Grown Children, Living
March 19, 2020
2 Minute Read

Dear Mom and Dad, It’s Our Turn Now

Dear Mom and Dad, It’s our turn to take care of you. You’ve spent years—decades—caring for us, your children. But…

Grown Children, Motherhood
March 19, 2020
4 Minute Read

It’s Tough to Watch My Grown Kids Face This Fear

I’ve got three kids in their 20s, and they are anxious about this pandemic and its long-reaching effects. I mean, who isn’t? Is there a…

Living, Motherhood
March 12, 2020
4 Minute Read

We Never Outgrow Needing Our Moms

Every day my brothers and I stepped off the school bus, we’d run into the house where Mom greeted us at the door. In the cabinet under the oven…